diff --git a/pkg/helpers/aws.go b/pkg/helpers/aws.go
index cf1cc7c05..a1c68784e 100644
--- a/pkg/helpers/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/helpers/aws.go
@@ -364,8 +364,10 @@ func CloudWatchLogsStream(ctx context.Context, cw cloudwatchlogsiface.CloudWatch
 	var start int64
 
 	if opts.Since != nil {
-		start = time.Now().UTC().Add((*opts.Since)*-1).Unix() * int64(time.Microsecond)
+		start = time.Now().UTC().Add((*opts.Since) * -1).UnixMilli()
 		req.StartTime = aws.Int64(start)
+	} else {
+		req.StartTime = aws.Int64(time.Now().UTC().Add(-1 * time.Hour).UnixMilli())
 	}
 
 	if stream != "" {
@@ -390,13 +392,21 @@ func CloudWatchLogsStream(ctx context.Context, cw cloudwatchlogsiface.CloudWatch
 			if err != nil {
 				switch AwsErrorCode(err) {
 				case "ThrottlingException", "ResourceNotFoundException":
-					time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+					time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 					continue
 				default:
 					return err
 				}
 			}
 
+			if res != nil {
+				if res.NextToken != nil {
+					time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+				} else if len(res.Events) == 0 {
+					time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+				}
+			}
+
 			es := []*cloudwatchlogs.FilteredLogEvent{}
 
 			for _, e := range res.Events {
diff --git a/provider/aws/apps_test.go b/provider/aws/apps_test.go
index dbc9c60ee..734717b99 100644
--- a/provider/aws/apps_test.go
+++ b/provider/aws/apps_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func TestAppLogs(t *testing.T) {
 		Follow: options.Bool(false),
 		Filter: options.String("test"),
 		Prefix: options.Bool(true),
+		Since:  options.Duration(time.Since(time.Date(2011, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))),
 	})
 
 	io.Copy(buf, r)
@@ -403,7 +404,8 @@ var cycleLogFilterLogEvents1 = awsutil.Cycle{
 		Body: `{
 			"filterPattern": "test",
 			"interleaved": true,
-			"logGroupName": "convox-httpd-LogGroup-L4V203L35WRM"
+			"logGroupName": "convox-httpd-LogGroup-L4V203L35WRM",
+			"startTime": 1293840000000
 		}`,
 	},
 	Response: awsutil.Response{
@@ -459,7 +461,8 @@ var cycleLogFilterLogEvents2 = awsutil.Cycle{
 			"filterPattern": "test",
 			"interleaved": true,
 			"logGroupName": "convox-httpd-LogGroup-L4V203L35WRM",
-			"nextToken": "ZNUEPl7FcQuXbIH4Swk9D9eFu2XBg-ijZIZlvzz4ea9zZRjw-MMtQtvcoMdmq4T29K7Q6Y1e_KvyfpcT_f_tUw"
+			"nextToken": "ZNUEPl7FcQuXbIH4Swk9D9eFu2XBg-ijZIZlvzz4ea9zZRjw-MMtQtvcoMdmq4T29K7Q6Y1e_KvyfpcT_f_tUw",
+			"startTime": 1293840000000
 		}`,
 	},
 	Response: awsutil.Response{